Ripper vs Hipper - What's the difference?
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Something that rips (something else).
Someone who rips (something).
A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials.
A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.
(mining) A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc.
(British, AU, slang) Something that is an excellent example of its kind.
* 2001 , Filton Hebbard, Memories of Kalgoorlie: Tales from the Australian Outback (page 334)
(computing) Software that extracts content from files or storage media.
(agriculture) A tool or plant used to reduce soil compaction.
A hot dog deep-fried in oil until the casing bursts.
(obsolete) One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
(hip)
(anatomy) The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and top of the femur and the overlying tissue.
The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
In a bridge truss, the place where an inclined end post meets the top chord.
(chiefly, sports) To use one's hips to bump into someone.
To throw (one's adversary) over one's hip in wrestling (technically called cross buttock ).
To dislocate or sprain the hip of, to fracture or injure the hip bone of (a quadruped) in such a manner as to produce a permanent depression of that side.
To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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(slang) aware, informed, up-to-date, trendy
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(slang) To inform, to make knowledgeable.
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As a noun ripper
is something that rips (something else).As an adjective hipper is
comparative of hip.ripper
English
Etymology 1
; originated 1605–15.Noun
(en noun)- Martin walked around the vehicle, viewing it from all angles and giggling as he did so. “She's a ripper , Bert, a real ripper!”
Derived terms
* radish ripperReferences
* * *Etymology 2
Compare .Alternative forms
* riplerNoun
(en noun)- But what's the action we are for now? Robbing a ripper of his fish.
hipper
English
Adjective
(head)hip
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- (Waddell)
Derived terms
* hipbone * hip joint * hip replacement * hip roof * shoot from the hipVerb
(hipp)Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), (m), from (etyl) ).Derived terms
* rosehipEtymology 3
Probably a variant of . Maybe from (etyl) {{reference-book , first=Clarence , last=Major , year=1994 , title=Juba to jive: a dictionary of African-American slang , page = 234 , pageurl = http://books.google.fr/books?hl=fr&id=4LNZAAAAMAAJ&q=wolofAdjective
(hipper)- Rudolph promoted Stevens Pass with restless zeal. In seven years there, he helped turn a relatively small, roadside ski area into a hip destination.
Synonyms
* cool, groovyVerb
(hipp)- The guy hips himself to so many things.